Taiwanese-English dictionary full-text search

ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ciøh'say [[...]][i#] [p.]

stone lion found at the entrance of many temples

石獅

• phaq ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: phaq ciøh'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  carve a stone lion
  彫石獅

• iong padlaang ee kunthaubør zefng ciøqsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: iong pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør zefng ciøh'say; iong pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør/buo zefng ciøh'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  use someone for your own advantage, to hurt someone for one's own benefits (Lit. use someone else's fist to carve a stone dragon.)
  用別人的拳頭打石獅,損人利己。

eng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng; (iong) [[...]][i#] [p.]

use, spend, with (an instrument)

用

• Eng padlaang ee kunthaubør zefng ciøqsay. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Eng pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør zefng ciøh'say.; Eng pat'laang ee kuun'thaau'bør/buo zefng ciøh'say. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  benefit oneself (get a free ride) at the expense of another, be generous at another's expense, rob Peter to pay Paul
  用別人的拳頭打石獅, 損人利己, 慷人之慨.

• eng sva'afky phex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng svaf'ar'ky phex [[...]][i#] [p.]
  carry some something in the fold of one's dress
  用衣服的下擺兜

• eng siøf ang'aang ee thiq ux [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng siøf aang'aang ee thiq ux [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make the iron red-hot and burn with it (to make a hole or mark)
  用燒紅的鐵烙

• eng tek'ar sud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng teg'ar sud [[...]][i#] [p.]
  beat or switch with a thin bamboo
  用竹子抽打

• eng tefng'ar terng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: eng terng'ar terng [[...]][i#] [p.]
  weigh with a small steelyard
  用戥子戥

kunthaau sai'hu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kuun'thaau say'hu [[...]][i#] [p.]

teacher of Chinese boxing

國術師

say [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: say [[...]][i#] [p.]

master workman, suffix to a skilled workman's name to show respect, as "a-shiong-sai"

師,匠人

• bagchviuxsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: bak'chviu'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  carpenter
  木匠

• zhai'hongsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhaai'hoong'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  tailor
  裁縫師

• thie'thausay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thix'thaau'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  barber
  理髮師

• thozuysay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thoo'zuie'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  mason
  泥水匠

• zhutsay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: zhud'say [[...]][i#] [p.]
  become a journeyman (after being an apprentice)
  出師,藝成

saithaau [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: say'thaau [[...]][i#] [p.]

lions' heads

獅頭

thaukiøhsai'ar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thaau'kiøq'say'ar; (thaau'khiøq'say'ar) [[...]][i#] [p.]

first disciple, the head disciple

大徒弟

thie'thausay [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: thix'thaau'say; (thix'thaau-say'hu) [[...]][i#] [p.]

barber

理髮師

• dictionary: Maryknoll (55901 rows)
• columns: idx, x, M, u, en, zh, ns
• you may specify column(s): m:too, or en:too
• About MTL Toolbox | LearnTaiwanese.org
• time: 5